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Kristen's BLOG
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Freelance Professional Graphic Designer
& Illustrator
Local,
U.S., &
International Service
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"Welcome!
If you are looking for assistance from a professional graphic designer and
illustrator, you've succeeded in finding one. How may I help you? Please
feel free to explore these pages to discover some of what I do, and contact me with any
comments or questions you may have - both are welcome. Thanks for
visiting. I look forward to hearing from you. Look for my contact information,
and contact me. Thanks."
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Kristen Stuart
Freelance Professional Graphic
Designer & Illustrator
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International Service
Local
Ohio County List
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graphic designer services
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Cuyahoga
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Lake
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Lorain
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Geauga
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Medina
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Summit
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Stark
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Portage
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Wayne
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Ashtabula
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Trumbull
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Mahoning
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Experience, Background,
and Credentials of Kristen Stuart
Graphic Design and Illustration Adjunct
Professor
Cuyahoga Community College
Links on this page, below:
Awards?
Professional Memberships?
What software do you use?
How do you work with clients?
Why use a pro designer at all?
Why choose Kristen Stuart
and Lodestar Visions?
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 Highly professional, and a college adjunct
professor of graphic design and illustration
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Professional services at reasonable rates
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Easy to work with, as clients attest
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Proficient with all applicable and up to date
software, computers
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Experienced, from the simple to the very
complex; large project management
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Referrals/use of established, pro suppliers
(sign providers, writers, printers, specialists, etc.)
Please see comments from clients
(direct link, client page)
Why use a professional
graphic designer at all?
What is the real value? Does this contribute to
the bottom line? How does this deliver a return on investment? What is
the rationale for professional graphic design? Very simply, it
translates into return on investment, and it helps to bring in and
attract new clients, customers, or members, as the case may be. It may
be very obvious that it works, but it is not easily measurable. Click on the PDF icon for
more answers.
 Material from Creative Business
(opens in new window or downloads)
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How do you work with clients? In working
with clients, I start where you are...
 First,
communicate
your vision of what you need and where you want to go.
As a professional, Iwill help you create, adjust, manage, and maintain the right images
and materials necessary to help you get there, in print or electronic forms.*
Fresh, unique, original, and creative design and illustration, from logos
and icons to complete collaterals - brochures, letterhead, business cards,
newsletters, illustrated product/service descriptions, packaging, all the
way through to a coordinated identity and image matched on your web site.
*I engage other professionals in allied fields and related disciplines,
but only when
necessary, to meet the needs of clients if projects are many, diverse, or large.
Photo:
Choosing initial concepts to pursue...
Begin by bringing me into your vision of where you want to go now, and if the directions are right
and we match, I'll be on board with you helping you to navigate for the
long haul. A consistent, logical, sharp identity, consistently presented,
expertly maintained. Talk to me as you get
your bearings, and begin to explore what might be possible for your future.
Thank you very much, and please feel free to contact me.
- - Kristen E. Stuart
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Memberships
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Kristen E. Stuart, Lodestar
Visions,
accepted into
full professional membership in 2006
Cleveland Digital Publishing Users
Group
2007, Kristen Stuart voted onto the Board of Directors
Member Services Directory Coordinator
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- Member -
Northern Ohio Illustrators Society
- Member -
Painesville Area Chamber of Commerce
(Are you a member of the chamber? Click the
logo for a special offer)
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Awards
 Some Awards:
Juried Exhibitions
Illustrator:
Drawing, 1999
3rd place & Honorable Mention
Illustrator:
Life Drawing,
1999
Certificate of Achievement
Graphic Designer:
Graphic Design, 2000
Best in Show
Illustrator: Illustration, 2001
Best in Show
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Software References
Lodestar
Visions MAC Platform OS X
PC
Experienced & Cross Platform Conversions
MAJOR
Software, Skilled, Proficient in Major Applications
ALL latest versions
including Adobe Creative Suite (CS):
*Adobe,
multiple versions
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